What’s More Profitable: Death or Taxes?
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” –Benjamin Franklin
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Long Ideas
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Long Idea 7/29/14
This week's long idea trades at a steep discount to it industry peers despite offering comparable growth and profitability.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
10 Stocks to Look at if the Market Crashes
If the market crashes, keep an eye on these stocks as potential investments when the price is right.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
AOL Just Lost Its Yahoo Bailout
Yahoo's (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer and its M&A chief Jackie Reses have both crushed speculation that Yahoo would buy AOL (AOL: ~$39/share) with its cash from the Alibaba IPO. Mayer reportedly told Re/code that an AOL acquisition would be "small, unexciting, uninspiring, and backward-looking."
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Update: Intel Earnings
In my most recent article, I said that modest growth over the next 15 years makes Intel worth ~$41 share today, and this earnings report strengthens my belief in that fair value estimate.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
A Private Takeover Would Be Good For PetSmart
A privately held PetSmart could create more value than the present version of the company.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Investing in the Kitchen
Figure 1 compares 10 companies that make common kitchen products on the basis of return on invested capital (ROIC) and price to economic book value (PEBV).
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Recovering PC Market Makes Intel Still A Buy
INTC is still a good stock for a value investor, but it’s not as great as it was eight months ago.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
An ETF Pair Trade for the Health Care Sector: XLV vs. PTH
A good way to navigate a Dangerous-rated sector such as Health Care is through the use of an ETF pair trade (i.e. long/short strategy). This ETF pair trade can be used to capitalize upon the volatility of the Health Care sector for both upside or downside.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
PetSmart: Your Portfolio’s Best Friend (PETM)
PETM missed on revenue in 1Q14, and lowered its sales forecasts for FY14, and as a result, the stock fell nearly 8%. However, the specialty retailer has a strong history of profit growth and is now trading at its lowest valuation in years.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Buy Deere and Watch it Run
If you bought CAT when we recommended it last April, you’ve earned a 25% return and outperformed the market. DE today presents many of the same opportunities that CAT did last April.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Ford (F) is Hitting on All Cylinders
As long as Ford’s strong profit growth and market share gains continue, this stock has a lot of upside.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Buy Aflac: A Quality Stock With Potential Catalysts
Whenever an industry leader trades at a cheap valuation it should draw the attention of investors, and that’s exactly the situation we see with Aflac
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Aspen Board Right To Turn Down Endurance’s Offer
AHL is a solid, cheap stock in a good industry. It is worth more than what ENH is offering to pay. Existing shareholders should be glad that the board turned down ENH’s lowball offer as the stock still has significant upside from here.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Amdocs Offers Great Value
Strong growth opportunities combined with a cheap valuation make DOX one of our Most Attractive Stocks.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
AutoZone: The Best Bet In Automotive Retail
We closed this Long Idea on January 16, 2015. See the associated position close report here.
This year’s unusually cold winter has been a source of frustration for drivers, but
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Top Stock Picks: 2013 in Review
ll too often we find significant data hidden in the footnotes that changes the valuation model for a company. Our more complete models help investors identify the stocks that are significantly undervalued.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Buy Intel and Profit From Market Fear
Almost every investor knows Warren Buffet’s famous advice, “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.” Now is the perfect time to get greedy with INTC.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
My Latest CNBC Appearance: Bearish on AAPL
Here's my reiteration on my bearish outlook on Apple (AAPL).
David Trainer, Founder & CEO
Buy Herbalife And Get A Piece Of the Good Life
Herbalife is a very profitable company with significant long-term competitive advantages that not only position the company to continue to create shareholder value but also to be very attractive as a potential acquisition target for large health insurers.
David Trainer, Founder & CEO